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<mods:title>J. New York Entomol. Soc.</mods:title>
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Fig. 9.
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worker:
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</emphasis>
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TL 1.08, HL 0.75, HW 0.45, SL 1.14, EL 0.14, CI 60, El 31, SI 253.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[128,1040,913,1314]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">
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<emphasis box="[129,225,1176,1199]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">
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<typeStatus box="[129,225,1176,1199]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">Paratype</typeStatus>
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</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[235,320,1177,1198]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">workers</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[328,422,1176,1199]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">(N = 7):</emphasis>
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TL 1.08-1.08, HL 0.70-0.75, HW 0.42-0.45, SL 1.04- 1.16, EL 0.12-0.14, CI 58-63, El 29-33, SI 231-267; large workers (soldiers) (N = 2): TL 1.32-1.32, HL 0.92-0.94, HW 0.90-0.94, SL 0.92-0.92, EL 0.18-0.18, CI 98-100, El 19-20, SI 98-102.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[128,1040,913,1314]" box="[128,363,1291,1314]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">
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<emphasis bold="true" box="[128,266,1291,1314]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">Description:</emphasis>
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<emphasis box="[278,363,1292,1313]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">Worker:</emphasis>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[126,1037,1336,1563]" box="[127,1027,1336,1359]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">—Maxillary palps almost as long as head, brownish and rather wide; not flattened</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[126,1037,1336,1563]" box="[127,562,1364,1387]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">—Maxillary stipes with long erect hairs</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[126,1037,1336,1563]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">—Mandible with four subequal teeth slightly decreasing in size from apical to basal, and with a distinct basal tooth</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[126,1037,1336,1563]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">—Frontal carinae distinctly raised, closely set, forming almost on enclosure for the frontal triangle and the anterior part of the clypeus, which is slightly protruding behind the insertion of the antennae</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="6.[126,1037,1336,1563]" box="[126,485,1540,1563]" pageId="6" pageNumber="167">—Extremely long antennal scape</paragraph>
|
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<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[95,388,205,228]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Extremely elongate head</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[94,782,234,257]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Humeri on pronotum well developed and projecting laterally</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[94,502,264,287]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Mesosoma laterally completely flat</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Propodeal spiracle very long, slit shaped, reaching the dorsal outline of the propodeum</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[94,661,351,374]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Propodeum armed with two distinct lateral spines</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[94,587,380,403]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Petiole almost rectangular, wider than long</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Insertion of petiole into the metanotum not reaching beyond a line spanned between the anteriormost point of the hind coxal cavities</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">
|
||
—First gastral segment of
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[392,483,467,490]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Formica" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="168" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[392,483,467,490]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">Formica</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<typeStatus box="[494,539,469,490]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">type</typeStatus>
|
||
(helcium at the antero-ventral part of the first gastral tergite, and the tergite and stemite meeting in a straight line
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[94,443,526,549]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Proventricule short, asepalous</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[94,526,555,578]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Body almost without any pubescence</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[93,395,584,607]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Body color grayish black</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1004,205,636]" box="[93,673,613,636]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Surface sculpture densely reticulate; surface matte.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[94,344,661,684]" box="[94,344,661,684]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">
|
||
<emphasis box="[94,171,661,684]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">Soldier</emphasis>
|
||
<emphasis box="[180,344,662,683]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">(large worker):</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1003,708,906]" box="[93,638,708,731]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Same as worker with the following differences;</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1003,708,906]" box="[93,509,737,760]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Head with a much wider and larger</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1003,708,906]" box="[93,576,767,790]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Mesosoma stouter, relatively much higher</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1003,708,906]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Propodeal spiracle less extended and not reaching the dorsal outline of the propodeum</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1003,708,906]" box="[93,465,854,877]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Propodeal spine short and blunt</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1003,708,906]" box="[93,336,883,906]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">—Petiole squamiform.</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection box="[93,590,931,954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168" type="materials_examined">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1005,931,1216]" box="[93,590,931,954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[93,318,931,953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">Material examined:</emphasis>
|
||
<typeStatus box="[328,427,931,954]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
and
|
||
<typeStatus box="[483,586,932,953]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="168" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1005,931,1216]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[95,213,960,982]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">Comment:</emphasis>
|
||
The morphology of the worker is unique among
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lubbock" authorityYear="1883" box="[765,895,960,981]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Melophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="168" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis box="[765,895,960,981]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">Melophorus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
ants. The most conspicuous feature is the elongation of the whole body (
|
||
<figureCitation box="[771,837,988,1011]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="6.[154,187,839,859]" captionTargetBox="[139,1035,191,816]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="Fig. 9. Melophorus majeri (Paratype worker) in lateral view." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7677024" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/7677024/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
|
||
), the propodeal spines, as well as the blackish gray coloration. The presence of the dimorphic worker caste, sharing all the diagnostic characters of
|
||
<emphasis box="[601,735,1047,1068]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lubbock" authorityYear="1883" box="[601,731,1047,1068]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Melophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="168" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Melophorus</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
seems to justify the inclusion of this new species within
|
||
<emphasis box="[473,606,1076,1099]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">
|
||
<taxonomicName authorityName="Lubbock" authorityYear="1883" box="[473,602,1076,1099]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Melophorus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="7" pageNumber="168" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Melophorus</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection pageId="7" pageNumber="168" type="biology_ecology">
|
||
<paragraph blockId="7.[93,1005,931,1216]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">
|
||
<emphasis bold="true" box="[93,187,1105,1127]" pageId="7" pageNumber="168">Biology:</emphasis>
|
||
This species was collected in a nest under a piece of wood in a clearing in heath vegetation, and in a pitfail trap. Little is known of this species. It is moving rather nervously on the ground with the antenna almost fully stretched out, almost without an angle between the scape and the funiculus.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |